What Should Be My Diet Plans If I Have 99% Artery Blockage?

You need to cut down on your intake of fats and oils, and salt intake too to avoid high blood pressure. 1. Reduce your intake of fat by cooking in less oil. Use healthier cooking methods like steaming, stewing, boiling, poaching and stir-frying instead of deep frying. 2. Avoid butter, ghee, margarine, animal fats like milk cream, red meat and organ meats which are high in cholesterol. 3. Prefer white meat like chicken and fish. You can have egg white but remove yolk as it is high in cholesterol. 4. Use not more than 3-4 tsp of oil ( per person)in a day for cooking. 5. Have more raw foods like fresh fruits like apples, guava, pears etc and vegetables cooked in less oil/stir fried. Have more of raw vegetables in the form of salads like cucumber, beetroot, carrots, tomatoes and celery/lettuce. 6. You can include whole grain cereals like whole wheat products, bran containing foods, oats and oat bran which is rich in soluble fibre that helps to reduce cholesterol. 7. Avoid salt preserved and packaged/canned foods, processed cheese, salted nuts/biscuits and chips as they are high in salt. 8. Limit alcohol intake to not more than 2 drinks in a day (for a male) and 1 drink in a day (for a female). Prefer beer and wine (due to lower alcohol content) especially Red wine owing to its high antioxidant levels.